What are your 7 year olds reading? (Xposted in HS forum)

[hipumpkins]

Looking for books beyond easy readers that are fun and funny. Any series, authors, titles suggestions welcome!
TIA

[musikat]

My son will be 8 in a month. Book series he has enjoyed over the past year are:

Magic Treehouse
Secrets of Droon
Warriors
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Harry the poisonous Centipede
Poppy series
Boxcar Children (he loved the first one but the rest are mysteries and he wasn't so into thate genre)

[velochic]

I have a 7 yo daughter. She just finished the Little House series. Her favorite was The Long Winter and she just started re-reading it last night. Others she has recently enjoyed:

Frindle
The BFG (and other Roald Dahl books like Matilda, The Witches, James and the Giant Peach, and The Fantastic Mr Fox)
The Encyclopedia Brown Books
Wind in the Willows
Charlotte's Web
Nancy Drew books
Ramona books
Little Women series (like an anthology from the original work)

Some of these are more fun and some more serious.

[DaughterOfKali]

Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.
Judy Moody (and Stink) books.
The Dark is Rising series.

He also loves Arthur of Albion (from my website). He reads a little of it each day.

[Alyantavid]

Right now, mine is reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He's loved the Magic Treehouse books, Boxcar Children, and all the Beverly Cleary books we've been through.

[amcal]

The Fairy Chronicles and the original Nancy Drew series are DD's favorites right now.

She also enjoyed The Spiderwick Chronicles but, I think they might be on the younger side - they were a super easy read but, she really enjoyed them.

[HollyBearsMom]

Right now my son is loving the A-Z mysteries and Nate the Great.

We have also read or are reading
Hardy Boys (orginal)
Nancy Drew (original)
Magic Tree House series
Ramona series
The Wizard of Oz series
Captain Underpants series
Stink series
Goosebumps series

[Cavy]

bRitish series: Astrosaurs & Dirty Bertie.

[flight]

More votes for:
Frindle
Encyclopedia Brown
Hardy Boys

My DS also got into Diary of a Wimpy Kid and the My Weird School series when he was 7. He enjoyed The BFG although I was reading it to him.

[NoraC]

My daughter is 7 and enjoys the books from the Disney Fairy series, Rainbow Fairies and all their incarnations, Magic Treehouse and Geronimo Stilton. We haven't bothered to read them in order.

Both Geronimo Stilton and the Disney Fairies series were ones that I found that I enjoyed myself more than I thought I would!

[A&A]

The Magician's Elephant

[griffin2004]

omg! I knew my 7y.o. was reading below age level, but this list of books confirms for me just HOW far below level she is; there's no way she'd make it through even a chapter of any of these books by herself; holy crap! guess I better get that ped appt made and see what the problem is...

[A&A]

Originally Posted by griffin2004

omg! I knew my 7y.o. was reading below age level, but this list of books confirms for me just HOW far below level she is; there's no way she'd make it through even a chapter of any of these books by herself; holy crap! guess I better get that ped appt made and see what the problem is...

My son's reading has exploded in the last couple of months, after we got him glasses. If I were you, I'd start with an eye appt.

[griffin2004]

we got glasses a month ago; no discernible change in reading ability, although I was terribly hopeful that the glasses would be the key

I'm sorry, OP; I didn't mean to hijack; my visceral reaction got the best of me

[A&A]

Originally Posted by griffin2004

we got glasses a month ago; no discernible change in reading ability, although I was terribly hopeful that the glasses would be the key

I'm sorry, OP; I didn't mean to hijack; my visceral reaction got the best of me

does she prefer reading in darker rooms? A lot of poor readers are light sensitive. We actually got my son regular glasses and prescription sunglasses; he reads with his prescription sunglasses because he's light sensitive. Just something else to think about. (and if she has blue eyes, chances are good that she is light sensitive.) Also, have you tried books on tape (or CD) where she can follow along?



" Schools are "over-lit" - with about 80% of buildings using conventional fluorescent lights, which flicker (causing headaches), and interfere with a child's sight."

" The print in children's text books is too small and it becomes too small too early in a child's reading development."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...on/7257617.stm

[A&A]

I also wanted to say that the Piggie and Gerald series really got my ds hooked on reading:

http://www.amazon.com/Watch-Throw-Ba...2332371&sr=8-1


(For some reason it's listed as a "9-12" age range book but it's a lot easier than that.)

And CONFIDENCE in reading is half the battle. So taking her to a ped and saying "she can't read" could be a double-edged sword. I'd suggest praising her for the reading she does, and keep working with her.

[LynnS6]

Do you want books to read to your child or books your child can read to themselves? It helps to know reading level as well. How far beyond easy readers?

For easier books we like:
Mercy Watson - a great first chapter book at a late 1st grade level. Funny, well illustrated and engaging.

Other books dd is enjoying reading to herself right now are:
Mr. Putter
Henry & Mudge
The Young Cam Jansen
Minnie & Moo

For series/early chapter books, we've enjoyed
The Magic Tree House
The A to Z Mysteries
Cam Jansen
Boxcar Children (about a 3rd grade reading level, so a bit harder than the others I've listed here)

More sophisticated chapter books (for you to read aloud, most likely):
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (or other books by Roald Dahl)
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Anything by Beverly Cleary: Ramona, Ramona's World, Henry Huggins, Ramona and Beezus, Ribsy, Mouse & the Motorcycle (3 book series). I like the Mouse & the Motorcycle ones and the Ramona ones the best.
Frindle

Originally Posted by griffin2004

omg! I knew my 7y.o. was reading below age level, but this list of books confirms for me just HOW far below level she is; there's no way she'd make it through even a chapter of any of these books by herself; holy crap! guess I better get that ped appt made and see what the problem is...

Don't freak out, most of these books are far above a 7 year old's level. Somewhere between 3rd and 6th (for example, Ramona is about 4th grade level, Hardy Boys 4th-6th grade level).

[Yooper]

My 6 yo loves the Moffat, Ivy and Bean, Ramona, and Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series in addition to many of the others suggested here. I am not sure I like the message in the Piggle Wiggle books, but they are by far her favorites. I asked a similar question 6 months ago and basically made a HUGE list of all the suggestions and started taking it to the library with me. Dd also loved the Magic Treehouse, Junie B Jones, and American Girl books but they are so short that we end up having to go back to the library far too often due to limits on how many books we can have at once. Dd can devour a whole 6-book American Girl run in 2 days. The Little House series was a big hit but I read most of it to dd as she was a bit younger when we read it. But she is now enjoying the Rose (Laura's daughter) series on her own.

[ecoteat]

I used to teach 3rd grade, and you've all hit on most of the favorites in my classroom. I love Geronimo Stilton, especially for reluctant readers. My nephew is 8 and I just got him some Series of Unfortunate Events books for Christmas. Those are a little more advanced, but I know he will love the dark humor in them.

[oneotamama]

We use it for my 7 yo ds's reading curriculum, but they would be fun to read for pleasure too: Pathway Readers. They're chapter books about Amish children.